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Seishi Name: Tomo
Pronunciation: Toe-moe
Real Name : Ruo Chuin
Birthdate : 13th October
Age : 21
Height : 184cm ~ 6'0"
Hair color : Greyish-black
Eye color : Brownish-gold
Blood Type : AB
Seishi power: Causing hallucinations and illusions using "shin" (hard clam)
Character : Root
Location of character: Low on right side of pelvis @_@
Star Pattern: Libra
Interests: Threatening and picking on others, is a homosexual, the opera
Flaws: Evil to the bone (and doesn't like women ;_; )
Seiyuu : Tobita Nobuo

Tomo's Past

Tomo's past is a mystery, and he's not telling either...he was abandoned as a child and raised by a dancer. His "real" name is a name given by the person who raised him as the name given to him by his real parents was lost after his abandonment.

Tomo's Attire

As can be seen in his pictures, Tomo is fond of Chinese Opera regalia. He can be regularly seen with a painted face, elaborate headdress, and full costume outfit. As he explained in one of the tv episodes, the different colors used in his face paint represent different things: Indigo for strategy, Black for loyalty, and Gold for harmony. As Cind-chan found out after some research, in the Chinese Opera, a character with a base face paint color of white is considered an evil character. When asked at Anime Expo 98, series creator Watase Yuu admits that she intended to show Tomo's gorgeous un-painted face in the anime, but the plot did not allow it. -_-; Also found out somewhere on the net, Tomo's costume is like that of an important high-ranking general.

Tomo's Powers

Tomo is able to "capture" people in illusions created by clams he calls "shin." People are susceptive to these illusions extremely easily, especially after experiencing something tramatic. These illusions are extremely real and within them Tomo is able to create an infinite number of copies of himself to populate them. Tomo also possesses telekinetic powers over objects, bending them to his every whim. This is normally seen through his manipulation of the long feathers located on his headdress.

Tomo's Personality

"...I happen to really like him. He's handsome, and he has personality. He has a perfect body and an impulsive and rash personality, which catches people's eye." - Watase Yuu

Tomo seems to be a cold, conniving, totally evil character at first glance, but upon looking beneath the surface, it is possible to see that most of that impression is an illusion created by a gifted performer. At a young age, Tomo was abandoned by his parents and taken in by a street dancer. To survive he had to learn that life was harsh and cold, and that if you didn't get the job done yourself, it might not get done at all. Sometime after, Tomo joined a traveling opera troupe, most likely playing the Jing character type (a strong-willed male character who wears greatly exaggerated facial make-up). Here he learned to perform; maybe one time an important general and another time a scheming politician. To create, through costuming, make-up, gesture, and voice, the "illusion" of being that character. Something never seen, because we are never allowed inside Tomo's head, is the fact that Tomo is shy. So, the ability to transform from a shy, street dancing pauper into the feared and adored war general is a great ability indeed. Something the younger Tomo probably embraced. Then, somewhere along the line, Tomo learned he was a Seiryuu seishi...someone of power and status...he could finally become the illusion, the man of power. Add into that equation his seishi ability to physically manifest illusions. To capture people within them and populate the illusion world with an infinite number of alter egos. Add in a touch of telekinesis and the Seiryuu seishi Tomo has an arsenal of weapons to use on anyone who would think to push him down again. Enter Nakago, the Seiryuu seishi self-appointed leader. Also from a reviled past, he had overcome all that to be the efficient, respected war general of Tomo's opera roles. Quite worthy of Tomo's respect and homosexual attractions. Yes, Tomo is gay...a fact somewhat glossed over in the anime (two mentions), and yes, he was attracted to Nakago but that was never mentioned in the anime for unknown reasons. Anyway, for Nakago's own reasons, he did accept Tomo as an equal...worthy of discussing strategies against the Suzaku seishi and so on, a position no other seishi is seen to occupy. And given Tomo's, somewhat subconscious, feelings for Nakago, he was placed in direct opposition to fellow Seiryuu seishi, Soi. Now, probably due to being in the company of men his whole life...from the streets to the opera troupe, Tomo has a dislike of women. He is generally cold to them, but he can still work with them if need be. So, Soi is just a rival for Nakago's affections..."professionally" Tomo and Soi are an effective team. (though 'teams' are rare on the Seiryuu side, the only others being Soi/Nakago and Suboshi/Amiboshi) Bottomline, Tomo is a performer. His illusions allow him to become more than he is in reality...to transcend his past. And this comforts him.

Tomo in the Novels

As you may know, a series of Fushigi Yuugi novels came out after the two OVA series ended. The sixth book, Seirandan, was centered around Nakago and his past. No Nakago book would be considered complete without the presences of both Tomo and Soi. The novel puts forth that Tomo entered the Koutu palace as part of his traveling opera troupe. His name at the time was Ra Gun. He then, personally, presented himself to the emperor as the Seiryuu Seishi Tomo. It is then that he meets Nakago, then lieutenant of the army, and with use of his shin discovers Nakago's past and confronts him with it. Nakago betrays little when confronted with his worst memories, to which Tomo promises are similar to his own background...no parents, brought up by others, etc. Tomo also assures Nakago that he will support Nakago from then on in whatever he undertakes. It's all very cool, i assure you.

Also, you may have noticed that Tomo's name was Ra Gun in the novel. Kai Ling explained the discrepancy from his previously known name "Ruo Chuin": "Just to explain things a bit.... both the manga and novel give the same name for Tomo, that is, the same set of kanji. However, in the manga, Watase Yuu wrote the pronounciation as 'Ryo Chuin' whereas in the novel, the kanji are read as 'Ra Gun'. Actually, 'Ra Gun' is the correct pronounciation of the name in Japanese. Now, in Chinese, Tomo's name is read as 'Luo2 Jun1', which if one were to pronounce using Japanese alphabets, the closest thing is 'Ryo Chuin'... it actually sounds pretty much right. So, I'm just guessing here... but I suspect that Watase Yuu wrote 'Ryo Chuin' because she wanted to use the Chinese mandarin pronounciation."


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